In Kearney's previous book, THE CHALLENGE, readers met the
computer with a human personality of gold, Dora. In THE
DARE, Dora is just as mischievous as ever and even more
bent on her goal of having intimate relations with the
handsome Zical.
On her mission, Dora "grows" a body in which to funnel her
personality and some of her impressive mind. However, she
can't take all of her mind with her and must leave most of
her supercomputer abilities with a new personality. Though
Dora's personal goal to be with Zical drives her desires to
become human, when she does gain a body, she has plenty of
other things to worry about: physical discomfort, emotions
and a mission to save the galaxy from ancient protector
machines. While growing as a person instead of a computer
and helping with the mission, Dora also learns about the
multiple layers of love and compassion woven into human
relationships, those layers that transcend the physical.
However, the physical activities have unexpected side-
effects for a computer in human form.
This book is a riot. It's a fun romp filled with playful
sexuality and sci-fi adventure. The characters are well-
drawn and the storylines are intriguing. THE DARE is easy
to fall into even if one has not read THE CHALLENGE.
Specifically, Dora wants to make love with the handsome
Rystani warrior-pilot Zical. But since Dora is a
computer-albeit a sentient computer-she cannot experience
touch, taste and true desire. Dora's logic functions refuse
to accept this, so she uses the advanced technology of the
24th century to build herself a body specifically crafted to
appeal to Zical, and downloads her computer brain into it.
But Dora's sassy attitude makes her too different from the
women of Zical's culture. He's attracted to Dora, but he
won't make love to her. And while it would be easy for Dora
to adapt to his desires, she likes being smart and funny;
she's becoming good at being human.
When Zical accidentally summons the ancient machines that
protect the galaxy from invasion, Dora's mission is to
intercept them and bring them back to the galaxy's rim.
Fortunately for Dora, this puts her and Zical into very
close quarters for a very long time. But much has changed,
and as Dora learns more about human emotions and what they
mean, she realizes that she doesn't just want to make love
with Zical--she wants to love him. And be loved in return.
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